Stepan - SCL Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Stepan in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" SCL shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in SCL, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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1 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Stepan's stock. Their SCL share price forecasts range from $133.00 to $133.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $133.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.4% from the stock's current price.
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Stepan's stock was trading at $124.29 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, SCL shares have decreased by 10.4% and is now trading at $111.35.
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Stepan saw a decrease in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 199,500 shares, a decrease of 42.1% from the October 31st total of 344,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 69,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.9 days. Approximately 0.9% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 16th 2023.
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Stepan (NYSE:SCL) released its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 19th. The basic materials company reported $2.01 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.61 by $0.40. The basic materials company earned $719.20 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $664.48 million. Stepan had a net margin of 5.56% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.62%. The company's revenue was up 19.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.57 earnings per share.

Stepan declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 19th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.365 per share on Thursday, December 15th. This represents a $1.46 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.31%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 29th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.34.
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Stepan (NYSE:SCL) pays an annual dividend of $1.46 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.32%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 27 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 22.02%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, SCL will have a dividend payout ratio of 20.28% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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49 employees have rated Stepan Chief Executive Officer F. Quinn Stepan Jr. on Glassdoor.com. F. Quinn Stepan Jr. has an approval rating of 59% among the company's employees. This puts F. Quinn Stepan Jr. in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Stepan trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SCL."

Stepan's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (16.48%), Vanguard Group Inc. (11.37%), State Street Corp (8.35%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.65%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.52%) and Personal Capital Advisors Corp (0.77%). Insiders that own company stock include Arthur W Mergner, David Kabbes, Debra Stefaniak, Edward J Wehmer, F Quinn Stepan Jr, Gregory E Lawton, Janet Anne Catlett, Jason Scott Keiper, Luis Rojo, Richard Finn Stepan, Scott R Behrens and Sean Thomas Moriarty.
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One share of SCL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $111.35.

Stepan (NYSE:SCL) has a market capitalization of $2.48 billion and generates $2.35 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $137.80 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.63 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,439 workers across the globe.

Stepan's mailing address is 22 West Frontage Road, Northfield IL, 60093. The official website for the company is www.stepan.com. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at (847) 446-7500, via email at lrojo@stepan.com, or via fax at 847-501-2100.